Improvement in stove-pipe shelves



inlaat gaat prima can JAMES MCCALLUM, or ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, AssreivoR or ONE-THIRD or Hrs RIGHT ro HARVEY Eerttauor SAME PLAGE.

Letters Patent No. 111,225, dated January 24,- 1 871.

IMPROVEMENT IN STOVE-PIPE SHELVES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making prt of the same.

Toavll whom it may concern: i

Beit known that I, JAMES McGALLUM,'cf the city of Rochester, in the county' of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Stove-Pipe Shelves and Covers, of which the following is a specification.

Natal/re of thc Intent-ion.

' This invention is an improvement upon that patented to Smythe and Dexter, February 1, 1870.

It consists iu makingtheshelf and cover in separate parts, and constructing them as hereinafter described.

General Description...

These parts are made separate and distinct from 'f each other, and each is clamped separately to the stove-pipe, but resting clos'ely together so as to forni au inclosed receptacle, as shown in g. `1.

This construction ofthe shelf and cover constitutes one elemcntof novelty in my invention. By this means either the shelf may be used alone, whichis desirable in some cases, or both the shelf and cover may be employed, which constitutes an elevated oven. This is a great advantage over a simple shelf, or a shelf and cover combined in .a' single device. By rais-y ing, the cover higher or lower, also, thel receptacle may be enlarged or contracted,'at pleasure.

The device is constructed withthe followingfeatures offimprovement over Smythes and Dexters, viz:

Instead of a single strap which folds around the pipe to secure the shelf in place, I employ two halfstraps,a a, attached fboth to the shelf and to the cover portion, by which each may be attached independently, as ,before described.- One of these halfstraps overlaps the other, and the ends are secured together by a set-screw, 11, which passes through holes in both and bears against the pipe.

The holes in one or both of the straps are made in aseries, asl shown at c c, by which means the straps may be let out or taken up, to enlarge or contract the circle. By this construct-ion I obtain a special advaut# age in venabling the, same shelf to fit large or smallsizedpipe, au eifect which is new, so far as I am aware. In Dexters the strap is fitted to only one size vof pipe.

Instead of hooks for hanging articles to dry, I employ'a marginal rod, d, which extends all around the periphery of theshelf, except the socket in the-rear. The special advantage of this is, that the articles can be hung smoothly thereon, and not wrinkled as where hooks are employed. This is especially important in drying starched clothes,

And, instead of afunnelshaped brace which con` l -nects the shelf with its socket to stay the same, I employ open-rod braces, f f f, as clearly shown in gA. By this arrangement the heat from the stove and pipe can circulate free under the shelf Vand reach all parts of the same, whereas the inclosing funnel-shaped brace delectsrmd throws od thcfheat so that the shelf itself receives but little benefit from the same.

And, finally, instead of a high marginal ledge or iange to the shelf, which shuts all articles in, I make but a narrow flange, g, the height of which is only such.

as will retain articles, but will allow the edges of the same (such as plates, 85e.) to project over. v

These features are important in making a practical `'and useful invention; und this is especially true of the construction of the shelf aud cover in separate parts.

Claims.

What I claim, and desireto secure by Letters Patl 1'. The construction of the parts A B, which attach 2. In combination with the separate partsA B, which constitute the shelf and cover, the overlapping straps la a, the marginal rod d, the stay-rods ff, andthe narrow Harige g, the whole arranged as described, and op.

erating in the manner and for the purpose specified.

. "JAMES MeCALLUM.

Witnesses:

Ita-F. Oscoop, J. I. BARNES. 

